Computer Classes @ the Library

Computer Classes @ the Library
	Introduction to Intermediate Class: Word Processing, Internet & Web, & E-mail
	I. Introduction to Computers: 1. Search, Find, Click! This tutorial teaches how to use your mouse to be active on the Internet. Discover and utilize links, radio buttons, scroll bars, drop- down menus, and much more! 2. Slide show introducing computers Presents elementary concepts of how computers work and what the essential components such as the CPU, RAM, and the hard drive are. Briefly describes the concept of an operating system and what the file system is. 3. Slide show introducing the file system Describes the basic concepts of how information is stored in files and folders. Introduces the idea of different types of file formats requiring different software 4. Elementary Windows menu operations An interactive Flash tutorial for practicing very basic operations with the standard Windows menus "File" and " Edit" II. Word Processing for Absolute Beginners[i]
	Florida Gulf Coast University, Online Tutorials: Word 2000 - Includes the following well-developed sections: Getting Started, Working With Files, Working With Text, Formatting Paragraphs, Styles, Lists, Tables, Graphics Spelling and Grammar, Page Formatting, Macros, Table of Contents, Web Wizard, Creating Web Pages and Keyboard shortcuts. geekgirl, word processing - The abc's of word processing--first looks, editing documents, reorganizing your words, and formatting documents. Word Processing Workout - Word processing skills for all systems -- reproducible excerpts from a book about word processing. III. Start here for Introduction to the Internet & Web Searching Basics IV. The Web (from About.com) The World Wide Web and the Internet The History of the Web How The World Wide Web Has Changed Society V. Know Where you're going - typing in web addresses[iii] You can think of the World Wide Web as a network of electronic files stored on computers all around the world. HyperText links these resources together. Uniform Resource Locators or URL's are the addresses used to locate these files. The information contained in a URL gives the ability to jump from one location on the Web to another with just a click of your mouse. When you click on a hypertext link in an HTML document, your web browser is actually sending a request to download a file stored on a remote computer. You will see the current address in the Address Bar at the top of your browser window. Most web browsers allow you to type a URL into the browser Address Bar. This enables you to access a particular web site. Read more about web addresses Understand the URL 1. Read definitions of what a URL is. 2. Learn to recognize a fake URL. Test your progress with the Browser Quiz VI. Web Search Tools[iv] What is a Search Engine? Do Search Engines Search the Entire Web? What is RSS and How Does It Work? 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With RSS Feeds VII. Web Searching Made Easy [v] Web Search Basics – 6 basic search skills. Web Search 101 - Search More of the Web Web Search Tips Top Ten Google Search Tips Boolean Searching Looking for a Specific Phrase? Try Quotation Marks Three Common Search Mistakes VIII. E-Mail How e-mail works Spam and how to avoid it IX. Web Search Safety[i] Ten Ways To Keep Your Search History Private What is HTTPS? Free Spyware Removal Tools Anonymous Surfing 101 Anonymous Surfing with BugMeNot Test your knowledge with the Web Search Quiz [i] Ipswich Library accessed from http://library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/training/wordpadlinks.htm on 9/28/09. [ii] About.com, accessed from http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/qt/web_search.htm on 9/28/09. [iii] Ipswich Library accessed from http://library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/training/silversurferslinks.htm on 9/28/09. [iv] About.com, accessed from http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/qt/web_search.htm on 9/28/09. [v] About.com accessed from http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/genericsearch.htm on 9/28/09. [vi] About.com accessed from http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/qt/web_search.htm on 9/28/09. [vii] Ipswich Library accessed from http://library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/training/silversurferslinks.htm on 9/28/09.

Understand the URL

1. Read definitions of what a URL is.